‘The President Was Entirely Correct’  —  Every day, the White House communications office sends official talking points to Republican members of Congress.  These communiqués help the GOP stay on the same page (and, in the Trump era, help the embattled president's allies come up with arguments in his defense).

Trump's Aides Tried to Conceal His Crazy, Racist Beliefs From the Country  —  Donald Trump's aides have been angry with him frequently — indeed, usually — since the beginning of his presidential campaign.  But they have rarely registered their dismay as nakedly as they did Tuesday night …

If a top Trump aide leaves, it could ‘start a run on the bank’  —  White House aides say Trump lashed out because he felt that the barrage of media criticism for his Saturday remarks was unfair and wrong — that he was fighting back, campaign style.  —  A veteran of several Republican White Houses told us …

Time for My Fellow Republicans to Stand Up and Be Counted  —  Watching Donald Trump's train crash of a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, one unwelcome thought preoccupied me: What if he actually pours gasoline on himself and takes out a match on live TV?

How to describe extremists who rallied in Charlottesville  —  The events in Charlottesville are an opportunity to take another look at our terminology around “alt-right” and the way that we describe the various racist, neo-Nazi, white nationalist and white supremacist groups out there.

Mr. Trump Makes a Spectacle of Himself  —  Here is one thing we are reminded of over and over about President Trump: The man simply cannot help himself — especially when cornered.  Given one more chance to forcefully condemn the neo-Nazis and white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville …

Steve Bannon's Ideological Allies Inside the White House Are Souring on Him … Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's besieged chief strategist, came into the White House in late January with a core group of right-wing allies and ideological fellow travelers, including senior policy adviser Stephen Miller …

Confederate monuments taken down in Baltimore overnight  —  Confederate statues in Baltimore were removed from their bases overnight, as crews using heavy machinery loaded them onto flat bed trucks and hauled them away, an end to more than a year of indecision surrounding what to do with the memorials.